If you ever get down New Orleans way You might steer clear on St. Josephine The graveyard bones make a rattlin' sound The dead get up and start walkin' around ♪ You might not believe me but I'll tell you it's true And you would too, if it happens to you I spent the night on a graveyard there And what I saw gave me a terrible scare Rattlin' bones, rattlin' bones Creepin' around from behind the headstones If you don't wanna see them Then you best stay home For there ain't no runnin' 'round the rattlin' bones ♪ You might not believe me but I'll tell you it's true And you would too, it could happen to you I spent the night in a graveyard there And what I saw gave me a terrible scare Rattlin' bones, rattlin' bones Creepin' around from behind the headstones If you don't wanna see them Then you best stay home 'Cause there ain't no runnin' from the rattlin' bones Rattlin' bones, rattlin' bones Creepin' around from behind the headstones And if you don't wanna see them Then you best stay home 'Cause there ain't no runnin' 'round the rattlin' bones